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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Schneeberger M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20190627 3
Homeostatic control of core body temperature is essential for survival. Temperature is sensed by specific neurons, in turn eliciting both behavioral (i.e., locomotion) and physiologic (i.e., thermogenesis, vasodilatation) responses. Here, we report that a population of GABAergic (Vgat-expressing) neurons in the dorsolateral portion of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), hereafter DRN<sup>Vgat</sup> neurons, are activated by ambient heat and bidirectionally regulate energy expenditure through changes ...[more]